The Athens Blur Magazine is an eight issue/year variety publication based in the “Classic City” of Athens, GA. Music is our specialty, and we pride ourselves on wide ranging coverage of local, regional and national artists of almost every genre, as well as objective criticism and commentary on all sides of the industry.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Last.fm to Launch Terrestrial Stations

The internet radio/scrobble site Last.fm announced that they will launch four terrestrial HD radio stations on October 5.

The Last.fm site plays music selected by users, while tracking their preferences and suggesting new artists that they may be interested in listening to. The terrestrial stations will play users' favorite artists and songs.

Though maybe not as well known as Pandora and Rhapsody, Last.fm has a large following. The site was purchased by CBS, and now they've decided to take their cyberspace playlists to the streets, via their new HD radio stations. For now, though, only a select few cities will get to enjoy Last.fm on the radio waves.

And here's a list of those lucky cities:

WWFS-FM (102.27 HD2) in New York

WXRT-FM (93.1 HD3) in Chicago

KCBS-FM (93.1 HD2) in Los Angeles

KITS-FM (105.3 HD3) in San Francisco

-Kristen Callihan

currently listening to "Silver Lining" by Rilo Kiley

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